Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's carefree life

Gao Junsong didn't say much, and he wrote a letter of introduction to Yan Jiekuang. Yan Jiekuang took the letter of introduction, said hello to Gao Junsong and the other two, and left the brigade.

After Yan Jiekuang left, Tian Dazhuang asked, "Lao Gao, what do you think?!"

"What else can I see?!" Gao Junsong replied, lit a cigarette, took two puffs, and said, "I don't believe what others say. But I believe what Yan Jiekuang says! Not only this time, we won't give any recruitment quotas to educated youth in the next two years."

Wu Haiwang asked, "Aren't you afraid that the educated youth will cause trouble?!"

Gao Junsong replied: "They have made trouble more than once or twice. Are you afraid that they will make trouble again?!"

Not long after Yan Jiekuang left the brigade, he met Yao Yueting. Yao Yueting was stunned when she saw Yan Jiekuang and asked, "Yan Zhiqing, didn't you go back to visit your relatives with Su Zhiqing? Why are you back?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied, "My father gave his job to Xiaohui. I came back to help her with the paperwork." Then he asked, "Aren't you also planning to go back to visit your relatives? When are you leaving?!"

Yao Yueting replied: "Like you, I also came back to handle the paperwork. My uncle found me a job at the Saihanba Mechanical Forest Farm."

Yan Jiekuang said: "Saihanba Mechanical Forest Farm is a good place. The conditions there were difficult before, but now they are doing very well."

"Yeah!" Yao Yueting agreed, and said, "I still have things to do. I won't chat with you anymore."

"Okay!" Yan Jiekuang responded, watched Yao Yueting's figure gradually go away, sighed softly, and continued walking home.

A little after 4:30 in the evening, smoke rose from every household. After resting for the afternoon, Yan Jiekuang took out some local specialties of Sijiu City, cigarettes and alcohol from his space and went out. After walking for about ten minutes, Yan Jiekuang arrived outside the cowshed. Ding Huawei, who was chopping wood in the yard, turned around and saw Yan Jiekuang. He quickly put down the axe in his hand, walked to the door, opened the door and asked: "Jiekuang, why are you alone?! Where is Xiaohui?!"

Yan Jiekuang walked in and replied, "My father gave the job to Xiaohui. I came back to help her with the paperwork." Then Yan Jiekuang followed Ding Huawei into the house. Ding Huawei said to Gu Ruoxue who was sewing clothes, "Old lady, Jiekuang is back."

"Grandma!" Yan Jiekuang called out and put the things in his hand on the table.

Gu Ruoxue asked: "Did Xiaohui come back with you?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied: "Grandma, Xiaohui hasn't come back yet. I came back to help her with the procedures for returning to the city."

Gu Ruoxue was stunned for a moment and asked, "Can Xiaohui go back?!"

Yan Jiekuang said: "My father has retired, and he gave the job to Xiaohui. After Xiaohui has given birth and is out of confinement, she can go back to work."

"Okay! Okay! Okay!" Gu Ruoxue said "Okay" three times in a row, and then said: "It's the two of us who are dragging Xiaohui down. Otherwise, she wouldn't have to come here."

Yan Jiekuang said, "Grandma, what you said is too polite! If Xiaohui heard what you just said, she would be sad. Xiaohui won't come back. I will come back. Don't worry, I will take good care of you."

Ding Huawei asked: "What?! You two are going to live apart?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied: "Isn't there no other way?!"

Ding Huawei sighed, feeling extremely sad. Yan Jiekuang continued, "Grandpa, this separation is only temporary. Maybe it won't be long before we can all go back?!"

Ding Huawei said, "Okay! I'll borrow your good words!" Then he said to Gu Ruoxue, "Old lady, make more when you cook later."

"Hey! I'll go cook now!" After saying that, Gu Ruoxue went to the kitchen next door.

The next day, early in the morning, Yan Jiekuang got up early. After washing up, Yan Jiekuang took some food from the space, had a simple meal, and then went out.

A little after eight o'clock in the morning, Yan Jiekuang arrived at the Youth Office of the commune. The people in the Youth Office had a good impression of Yan Jiekuang. In addition, Gao Junsong called in advance yesterday. So the people in the Youth Office did not make things difficult for Yan Jiekuang. They handled Su Zihui's return to the city very quickly. Others were straightforward, and Yan Jiekuang was not stingy. After getting the return to the city procedures, Yan Jiekuang took out a bag of about one kilogram of White Rabbit milk candy and two boxes of Sijiucheng pastries from his bag, put them on the desk of the staff, and turned around and left the Youth Office.

With the return documents, Yan Jiekuang rushed to the Public Security Bureau without stopping. Yan Jiekuang met Hong Yongjun who was returning home after the night shift. Yan Jiekuang greeted Hong Yongjun and explained his purpose. When Hong Yongjun heard that Yan Jiekuang came for Su Zihui's matter, he immediately called a subordinate to help Yan Jiekuang get the matter done.

A little after nine o'clock in the morning, Yan Jiekuang finished all the formalities and rushed to the station. It's true that Yan Jiekuang was lucky today. Not long after arriving at the station, the long-distance bus to the county town arrived. Yan Jiekuang got on the bus, bought a ticket, walked to the back of the bus, found a seat and sat down.

Probably because it had just snowed, the driver didn't dare to drive too fast. The long-distance bus swayed all the way and didn't arrive at the county town until two o'clock in the afternoon. Yan Jiekuang got off the long-distance bus, went to the train station to buy a train ticket, and then went to a state-owned restaurant not far from the train station.

It was past lunch time when Yan Jiekuang arrived, and there was nothing to eat in the state-owned restaurant. Yan Jiekuang simply ate a bowl of noodles, packed two dumplings stuffed with pork and sauerkraut, and then returned to the train station.

On the other hand, when Yan Jiekuang arrived at the commune, the third aunt came back from outside with a basket. Yan Bugui, who was cleaning his bicycle in the yard, saw his wife coming back and asked, "Old lady, what vegetables did you buy today?!"

The third aunt replied, "I'm lucky today. There are few people buying meat at the meat stall. I think the meat is good, so I bought two pounds of pork belly and some bones. We'll make braised pork with the pork belly today. We'll make soup with the bones and put some soybeans in it. When the soybeans are stewed until they're soft, we'll serve them out separately for you as a side dish."

"That's good!" Yan Bugui agreed with a smile. The third aunt put the basket in the kitchen, came out and said, "Old Yan, when I was buying vegetables today, I met Qin Huairu's current neighbor. I heard her say that the police were looking for Qin Huairu a while ago. It seems that Banggeng was caught in the south."

Yan Bugui said, "I know about this. A few days ago, I met Lao Wu, the police officer in charge of our area. He told me that when Banggeng was about to climb over the barbed wire to Hong Kong Island, he was caught by the border police over there. When they checked his identity, they found Banggeng. The police over there notified the police in Xinjiang Province. The other people who stole the museum with Banggeng had already been caught. They all said that Banggeng was the mastermind. As for how long Banggeng will be sentenced, I don't know. I guess Banggeng is in big trouble this time."

The third aunt said, "This Bang Geng has been spoiled by Jia Zhang since he was a child. Half of his current fate is Jia Zhang's fault." Then the third aunt changed the subject and said with some gloating, "I heard that Jia Zhang seemed to have been sent to the hospital by the street office where she lives now."

Yan Bugui was stunned for a moment and said, "The man that Jia Zhang is with now is not a good guy. He likes to drink. When he is drunk, he likes to fight. He had three wives before he married Jia Zhang. These three wives were either beaten away by him or killed by him accidentally."